Rainer Simon (born 11 January 1941) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1964 and 2000. His '' How to Marry a King'' (1969) and ''

Six Make it Through the World 6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: * AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era * 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of June Science * Carbon, the element with atomic number 6 * 6 Hebe, an asteroid People ...

'' (1972) are highly imaginative adaptations of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers. His 1975 ''

Till Eulenspiegel Till Eulenspiegel (; nds, Dyl Ulenspegel ) is the protagonist of a German chapbook published in 1515 (a first edition of ca. 1510/12 is preserved fragmentarily) with a possible background in earlier Middle Low German folklore. Eulenspiegel is a ...

'' is based on Renaissance stories, which Christa and Gerhard Wolf recast into a film narration incorporating period history. Remapping World Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics in Film. Eds. Stephanie Dennison and Song Hwee Lim (London: Wallflower Press, 2006), 101-117."> His 1985 film '' The Woman and the Stranger'' won the

Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The win ...

award at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1980 film ''

Jadup and Boel ''Jadup and Boel'' (german: Jadup und Boel) is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Rainer Simon. It was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival in 1989. Cast * Kurt Böwe as Jadup * Katrin Knappe as Boel Martin * Gudrun R ...

'' entered into the

16th Moscow International Film Festival The 16th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 July 1989. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian film '' The Icicle Thief'' directed by Maurizio Nichetti. Jury * Andrzej Wajda (Poland – President of the Jury) * Ge ...

in 1989.

Selected filmography

* '' How to Marry a King'' (1969) * ''

Six Make It Through the World 6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: * AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era * 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of June Science * Carbon, the element with atomic number 6 * 6 Hebe, an asteroid People ...

'' (1972) * ''Till Eulenspiegel'' (1975) — film about

(18+) * ''

'' (1980) * ' (1983) — based on a novel by

Fritz Rudolf Fries Fritz Rudolf Fries (19 May 1935 – 17 December 2014) was a German writer and translator. Life Fritz Rudolf Fries was born in Bilbao, Spain. His mother was a German of Spanish descent, and his father a German businessman who was shot during the Se ...

* '' The Woman and the Stranger'' (1985) — based on a novella by

Leonhard Frank Leonhard Frank (4 September 1882 in Würzburg – 18 August 1961 in Munich) was a German expressionist writer. He studied painting and graphic art in Munich, and gained acclaim with his first novel ''The Robber Band'' (1914, tr. 1928). When a Ber ...

* ' (1989) — film about

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

* ' (1991) — screenplay by

Ulrich Plenzdorf Ulrich Plenzdorf (; 26 October 1934 – 9 August 2007) was a German author and dramatist. Life Born in Berlin, Plenzdorf studied Philosophy in Leipzig, but graduated with a degree in film. He found work at DEFA. He became famous in both East a ...

, based on a story by

Franz Fühmann Franz Fühmann (15 January 1922 – 8 July 1984) was a German writer who lived and worked in East Germany. He wrote in a variety of formats, including short stories, essays, screenplays and children's books. Influenced by Nazism in his youth ...

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* 1941 births Living people People from Hainichen, Saxony Film people from Saxony Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Directors of Golden Bear winners {{Germany-film-director-stub